Latin American News Flash
3.31.2012 – 4.7.2013

El Pais reports that a truce in Salvador has been effective. In related news, face tattoos still a bad idea

5th BRICS Summit:
As BRICS Summit Begins, New Deals Between Strange Bedfellows (Forbes)
Brazil and China Agree to Currency Swap (Financial Times)
Deal on development bank eludes BRICS nations at summit (Reuters)

Venezuelan Election Heats Up
Venezuela’s presidential candidates plow through Holy Week with insults, warnings (WaPo)
Democracy is a tombola (Caracas Chronicles) 
Venezuelans in South Florida can get ready to vote in New Orleans (Miami Herald)
Maduro pidió no enfrentarse “ni con un grito” a la oposición (El Universal, Ven)
Oposición marchará de noche contra la violencia (El Universal, Ven)
No clear successor to Chávez as leader of Latin American left (Miami Herald)

…and in other news….
Oro y crimen: minería ilegal (La Semana, Colombia)
El Gobierno admite impacto en la economía del dólar paralelo (El Universal, Ven)
In Brazil, Streets of Dancing Cars and Swagger (NYT)
Un año de frágil tregua entre las maras de El Salvador (El Pais)
Rios (de Sangre) Montt (El Pais)
Argentina regatea a los acreedores (El Pais)
Messi breaks another record (Golazo Argentino)

Scenes from a PSUV Rally in Barinas